Tariffs are President Trump's favorite word. That's not an exaggeration. "I always say 'tariffs' is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary," he said at a rally just hours after his ...

Every year, dictionaries come to a verdict of a “Word of the Year” which is a single word that captures the spirit, concerns, or mood of that year. For 2025, the Cambridge Dictionary has selected a ...

This day and age, we're able to enjoy avocados on a daily basis. It wasn't always the case, but luckily we're neighbors with the region that started the avocado craze. In fact, Mexico accounts for ...

Linguist Gareth Roberts joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the etymologies of English words. How did the first languages first form? Was there once a single common language ...

Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year. It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and ...

In everyday conversations, the word conspiracy often carries a sense of mystery, suspicion, and secrecy. It refers to a ...

Discover the meaning of 'bombast'—from its origins in cotton padding to its use describing pompous, inflated speech that is ...

The word ‘jawn’ can be used to replace any noun in a sentence, but the term is more than an interchangeable Philly word. It has a deeper meaning, writes Kae Lani Palmisano. Pictured items include a ...